CALL:weblogs and wikis

At first glance, i thought weblogs and wikis were going to be two easy topics for our presentation. little did i know that these topics have more things in store for us. what a surprise..yeah.it turned out that there were a lot of things to include, even after the presentation. well, can't blame anyone but ourselves. we missed out some important parts of the topic. anyway, que sera sera. let's just treasure what we have for now:the benefits of using weblogs and wikis in writing and grammar.

firstly, i never thought that the ever so famous Wikipedia is just a part, or should i say, a tiny meeny part of wikis!when i discovered this fact, i actually rolled my eyes in disbelief. if Wikipedia is just a very small fragment from the real wiki, then can you imagine how vast the wikis applications are? you may start looking for a particular information and end up reading so many related pages that support your finding. secondly, the common hyperlinks in the webpages actually play a significant role for both weblogs and wikis, especially when we use them for writing. the hyperlinks let us move easily between pages, and even between parts of the same page. thirdly, since developing a wiki and a blog drives us to be extra careful with sentence structure, grammar, choice of vocabs and such, we get good,continuous writing practice and experience.

well, i can babble so much more on the benefits of applying weblogs and wikis in writing and in English learning, but to what extent can they be beneficial is up to the user. as the saying goes, "beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder". same here.